Author Topic: anyone with experience of this please? (Read 2481 times)

TheSmilingSheep · « **on:** May 30, 2016, 11:54:52 am »

6 week old twin orphans (since 2 days old).... both with symptoms of constipation, pushing etc.... anyway, vet has seen them, and we have ruled out a number of conditions, and most likely they have recently struggled to adjust to transitions re milk and grass and rumen etc.

Both ok(ish) now, a few days off grass, and close monitoring.... but girl twin is clearly in pain when pooing - waste is passing through her but she bleats (heart rending) when it happens... Still closely liaising with vet, but just wondered if anyone had had experience of lamb with inflamation/pain in intestines (presumably) and how long (and how) they took to recover....

Rosemary · « **Reply #1 on:** May 30, 2016, 11:58:39 am »

Poor lamby. Wish I could help but no experience of this - just sympathy

TheSmilingSheep · « **Reply #2 on:** May 30, 2016, 12:22:13 pm »

Sympathy ALWAYS welcome....

silkwoodzwartbles · « **Reply #3 on:** May 30, 2016, 01:29:32 pm »

Bless her, that doesn't sound like fun! Is she still on the bottle or fully weaned? Is she drinking water?

TheSmilingSheep · « **Reply #4 on:** May 30, 2016, 02:02:12 pm »

Still on the bottle, but was also out in the field each day with the flock.... Drinks a little water.... Now on small but more frequent bottles, also nibbles hay straw and creep.... Poo not dry and not scoury but very soft, small amounts and bit foamy....

Marches Farmer · « **Reply #5 on:** May 30, 2016, 02:12:33 pm »

Did the ewe have a booster vaccination before lambing? Unusual faeces generally make my thoughts turn first to lamb dystentery ....

kanisha · « **Reply #6 on:** May 30, 2016, 03:15:45 pm »

seem to get the odd lamb who has this on occasion usually passes without intervention and I thought the same that it had to do with the transition to solids.

TheSmilingSheep · « **Reply #7 on:** May 30, 2016, 03:21:50 pm »

All ewes had hep vaccination before lambing, and lambs got collostrum....

moony · « **Reply #8 on:** June 01, 2016, 08:14:23 pm »

Not much help but we had a few go like it a couple of years ago but not orphans. Some then lost the ability to get up and died, and some recovered but just never thrived, but evens some of them died. The vet never did find out what exactly it was. Gave us a few things to try but nothing really made a significant difference. Hope you have more success.

Hellybee · « **Reply #9 on:** June 01, 2016, 08:44:29 pm »

It's not rare to hear a young lamb bleat loudly when it passes faeces but an older lamb, bit odd. I'm sure vet wouldve checked that they were suitably hydrated. Odd one.